SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1977
STP34834S

Isolation of From Water

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Only in the last few years has Yersinia enterocolitica been recognized as an etiologic agent. An increasing awareness of this organism is evidenced by the number of recorded cases and isolations each year from a variety of sources throughout the world. Previous failure to isolate Y. enterocolitica may be related to lack of familiarity rather than absence of the organism. Presence in the animate and inanimate environments does provide opportunity for transmission by person to person, animals, foodstuffs, and water, but vehicles of disease transmission are not fully delineated. General hygienic techniques in regard to food and water sanitation should apply in the methods for controlling the disease caused by Y. enterocolitica. The bacteriology of Y. enterocolitica is reviewed and laboratory methodology is described.

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Highsmith, AK
Bacterial Diseases Division, Bureau of Epidemiology, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Ga.
Feeley, JC
Bacterial Diseases Division, Bureau of Epidemiology, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Ga.
Morris, GK
Bacterial Diseases Division, Bureau of Epidemiology, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Ga.
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Developed by Committee: D19
Pages: 265–274
DOI: 10.1520/STP34834S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4707-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0288-0